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#26 2022-02-06 04:38:59
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Re: Fun Shirts
I am not interested in the english conceptualization of Ivy/Prep. I try to, I think, approach the 80s preppy culture not so much with the irony of the OPH, but with naivete.
Is that a popped collar or are you just happy to see me?
#27 2022-02-06 07:06:29
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Re: Fun Shirts
I don't suppose anyone in England is remotely interested in the OPH. Some may not even have heard of it.
#28 2022-02-12 11:22:55
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Re: Fun Shirts
That's a pity. I think the OPH should be rehabilitated.
Is that a popped collar or are you just happy to see me?
#29 2022-02-12 12:05:12
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Re: Fun Shirts
I'm inclined to agree. Such things are harmless, good fun and may spark off the odd idea in an otherwise barren land - i.e. England.
Been looking into Reyn Spooner and suchlike for when the clement weather comes. Time to bring out that Madras driving cap and experiment with a little 'Prep'.
#30 2022-02-12 12:11:44
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The OPH has certainly shot up in price (though not as much as 'Take Ivy').
#31 2022-02-13 05:21:29
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Re: Fun Shirts
I took a look at the Brooks website a few days ago principally to check out the shirt size chart as there were some NWT BB shirts on ebay from a UK seller at around 23 quid, a couple of linen ones that looked ok, and I clicked onto their casual shirt section, wow, there were a load of fun shirts there, some were really pushing the boundaries !
#32 2022-02-13 06:01:23
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There's a fine line to be drawn: wouldn't want to look too staid. TRS always has a nice look about him.
#33 2022-02-13 06:17:43
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Re: Fun Shirts
Looking staid is one thing you would never have to worry about if you're wearing a fun shirt.
some sort of banal legitimacy
#34 2022-02-13 09:18:15
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Just look at the way TRS puts his look, his clothes together, based upon many years of thought and experimentation.
Yet the American posters of years gone by often put forward valid criticisms of the UKs take on Ivy style, even if we insist on setting aside their insistence on linking the clothing to the collegiate experience. What was 'Take Ivy' all about? Oh, all right, it's something of a snapshot, yet it's captured the imagination in the way that repeated viewings of 'JOASD' have or leafings through the books of people like Callingham.
You don't have to go all-out Reyn Spooner (or anything like it) to appreciate the US take on their own style: a board shirt and white Levis ought to do it.
But I like Duluth's postings.